This chaotic multiplicity of variables and the inevitability of unintended consequences does not mean, of course, that we must passively do nothing. Neither melaleuca trees nor tyrants should be allowed to prosper unchallenged. But we do have a responsibility to ensure that our proposed solution does not wind up making things worse. We cannot forever continue the cycle of importing exotic species to counter the effects of the exotic species we imported. Read more
Clobber-text clobberers are the biblical equivalent of the Head-crusher from that old Kids in the Hall sketch. They imagine they're doing something powerful and meaningful, but none of it actually matters -- it's a meaningless act that has no effect on the reality it pretends to be reshaping. It's a delusion based on distorted perspective. Hold your thumb and finger right next to your eye and then squint and they'll appear huge and powerful. You can do the same thing with your clobber-text, but that's just as silly, and just as meaningless. Read more
This is simply a reminder that the world was supposed to end one year ago today in a "Mayan" apocalypse. It didn't. Read more
Instead of denouncing the hateful racist bullshit, white evangelicals rose to defend the celebrity's right to spout hateful racist bullshit without being criticized. Instead of denouncing the hateful racist bullshit, white evangelicals rallied to defend the celebrity himself because any criticism of him is a criticism of their whole tribe. Instead of denouncing the hateful racist bullshit, white evangelicals rallied to defend the hateful racist bullshit. Read more
Terrific catch of the week. The Pierce County Council gives more support to missionaries than many local churches. Merry Kitschmas. Preparing for the holidays, when families gather to argue politics with people they love. No one alive remembers a hotter November than the one we just had. Stuart Varney says wages should be allocated by intrinsic worthiness, not based on actual work performed (and he thinks you're intrinsically unworthy). Read more
My own church youth group never laid siege to a gay bar, but I still wince when I recall some of our forays into “radical” evangelism. We did “boardwalk evangelism” down the shore. I personally handed a gospel tract to Madame Marie herself. Unlike the many mission trips our youth group also did, that wasn’t something I enjoyed at the time or felt proud about afterward. Read more
Time and chance -- good or bad "luck" -- happeneth to us all. But we don't have to live in a world governed only by time and chance. We can choose to make our safety, health and wellbeing something that's not just subject to random misfortune. Civilization doesn't have to be a casino. Read more
In the December case, a cast member from the show sat down with a reporter and compared being gay to bestiality. And he also said black people were happier before the Civil Rights Movement, but have since become unhappy welfare-moochers with a sense of entitlement. In the November case, cast members from the show reached a business deal with a Napa Valley winery. White evangelicals seem confused about which of those is more offensive. Read more
"Christian" school repeats horrible pattern. Pat Robertson says he's still leg-pressing super-human weights. Awaiting the Final Four on Alex Pareene's Hack List. Be thankful we have Obamacare and not the Heritage Foundation plan it borrows from. Daughters of Eve. "I know of no churches that actually do this work." Read more
We are imperfect and limited, and our best approximation of and understanding of justice will never be perfect or complete. But those who want to argue that our fallen nature makes us incapable of the knowledge of good and evil really need to re-read that story in Genesis. Read more
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